Albert Batzill

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Albert "Alba" Batzill (born December 14, 1952 in Friedrichshafen , Baden-Württemberg) is a German regatta sailor . He is four times world champion in the Flying Dutchman boat class . All in all, with alternating fellow sailors, he drove in the boat classes Fireball , Shark 24 , Flying Dutchman, Soling and now on 6mR - and (in the amateur rating ) on Melges 24 yachts at European and World Championships ten gold and five silver - and seven times for bronze medals. In 1988 and 1992 Batzill took part in the Flying Dutchman at the Olympic Games and achieved single-digit placements.

In 2004 he was voted one of the 100 best sailors of all time in the sailing magazine Yacht . Batzill starts for the Württemberg Yacht Club in Friedrichshafen and is an honorary member of the Alpsee-Immenstadt sailing club .

For his sporting successes he received the Silver Laurel Leaf from Federal President Carstens in 1982 .

Sailing career

Dinghies, especially Flying Dutchman

Albert Batzill first sailed together with his brother Rudolf, who was about two years his junior; Albert Steuermann and Rudolf voroter were already at that time . Together they won the German youth championship in the Korsar, which was held during the Travemuende Week , in 1970 and were European champions in the Fireball in 1971 ahead of the Swedish Arild . 1974 they sailed in Sandhamn in the winning crew of the world championship in the keelboat class Shark 24 ; her cousins Jörg and Eckart Diesch , who were almost the same age , had won the title two years earlier.

Tear of a Flying Dutchman

In 1974 they switched to the Flying Dutchman boat class , and in the following year they won the bronze medal at the European Championships. When they stood out in the elimination races for the 1976 Olympic Games , the Batzill brothers were sent to Canada as a substitute team. However, they were not used. Instead, the Diesch brothers qualified to participate and won Olympic gold.

In 1978 Albert and Rudolf Batzill won their first world title with a Flying Dutchman off Hayling Island , off the English Hampshire . They relegated the Diesch brothers, who won the runner-up title last year and led in the first rounds, to second place. After being runner-up in 1980, Albert and Rudolf Batzill stood on the podium again in 1981, while their cousins ​​again took silver.

Batzill also won the world championship in 1984, now with the Munich bowman Klaus Wende . In 1986 they were defeated by the Diesch brothers and became vice world champions. With the Immenstädter bowman Peter Lang took Batzill 1988, a bronze medal at the European Championships. In the same year, at the age of 35 and ten years after his first Flying Dutchman world title, Batzill first took part in the Olympic Games, which took place in Korea in 1988 ; Batzill and Lang came in eighth in Busan .

Still sailing with Lang, Batzill won his fourth world championship title in the Flying Dutchman in 1989 and his first world championship bronze medal a year later. In 1991 another bronze medal followed at the European Championship. At the 1992 Olympic Games , Batzill and Lang, now competing for a unified Germany, came fifth in the Flying Dutchman.

A Soling under spinnaker

Keel boats: Soling, 6mR, Melges 24

After Batzill had celebrated success primarily in dinghies, except for the Shark 24 world championship title in 1974, he turned to keelboats in the nineties. After the 1992 Olympic Games, Batzill competed in several Soling competitions. In 1993 he was runner- up before the Slovenian Portorož and runner-up world champion before the Greek Phaleron . In 1994 he became German champion at the Soling and won the bronze medal at the Soling Match Racing European Championship in Starnberg . At the Match Racing Pre-Olympic Regatta 1994 in Savannah , USA, he also achieved third place. In the following Soling competitions and championships (held with a fleet start, not as a match race) in 1994 and 1995, however, he only achieved double-digit placements. His best ISAF world ranking results were 7th place for the match race ranking in April 1994 and 4th place ( Open , i.e. fleet start) in January 1995.

a Melges 24

From 1999 Batzill sailed in the 6-meter ("6mR") modern yacht class as the helmsman with owner Dietrich Grünau and tactician Eddy Eich. They initially sailed to the top of the list, but did not win any championships. In 2004 Batzill and his crew on the 6mR yacht Courage VII (6 GER 104) finished third at the European Championships in front of Porto Rotondo in northern Sardinia . With the new boat Courage IX (GER-118) the world championship followed in July 2005 in front of Sandhamn in Sweden and the European championship in June 2006 in Flensburg . In July 2007 Batzill steered the boat to the bronze medal at the world championship before the English Cowes , Isle of Wight , in June 2008 again to the European championship.

At the same time, Batzill sails on Melges 24 yachts, a boat class with an increasingly demanding field of participants. In September 2001 he was European runner-up on the Vito (GER-507) ahead of the Italian Torbole, just 0.6 points behind winner Cedric Pouligny. In June 2004 he won the silver medal at the Volvo Cup regatta on the No Woman No Cry (GER-582) owned by Eddy Eich in front of Rimini after a tied finish with the Italian winners under Andrea Rachelli. In December 2005, at the Melges-24 World Championship, the bronze medal followed Eichs Courage X (GER-582) in the Corinthian classification , which is carried out under the boats with pure amateur crews; In the overall ranking, the boat took 19th place. At the European Championships in September 2005 in front of Torquay , England , Batzill finally won the Corinthian title and fourth place in the overall ranking with the No Woman No Cry . No Woman No Cry finished the 2006 World Championship with Batzill at the helm as the best boat, but only in 26th place overall; At the European Championships in August 2007, Batzill steered the yacht only 17th place (30 participants) in the amateur class Corinthian Division (48th place in the overall ranking).

Medals at world and European championships

year championship placement Boat class
1971 European Championship 1 Fireball
1974 World Championship 1 Shark 24
1975 European Championship 3 Flying Dutchman
1978 World Championship 1 Flying Dutchman
1980 World Championship 2 Flying Dutchman
1981 World Championship 1 Flying Dutchman
1984 World Championship 2 Flying Dutchman
1986 World Championship 1 Flying Dutchman
1988 European Championship 3 Flying Dutchman
1989 World Championship 1 Flying Dutchman
1990 World Championship 3 Flying Dutchman
1991 European Championship 3 Flying Dutchman
1993 European Championship 2 Soling
1993 World Championship 2 Soling
1994 European Championship 3 Soling Match Race
2001 European Championship 2 Melges 24 (amateur rating)
2004 European Championship 3 6mR
2005 World Championship 1 6mR
2005 World Championship 1 Melges 24 (amateur rating)
2006 European Championship 1 6mR
2007 World Championship 3 6mR
2008 European Championship 1 6mR

Private life

Albert Batzill grew up with brother Eduard, Rudolf and sister Heidi as the son of a dentist in Friedrichshafen. Albert Batzill is married and has 4 children. For a time he ran the Rösslerhof organic farm in Schlier (near Ravensburg ) in Baden-Württemberg. Later he switched to a small agricultural part-time business. His brother Rudolf, with whom Albert Batzill celebrated his first successes, works as a doctor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hall of Fame of the 100 Betsen Sailors of All Time. ( Memento from February 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the pages of speedwave.de - see issue 3 of the yacht (accessed April 30, 2016)
  2. ^ Honorary members on the SCAI website, accessed March 15, 2009.
  3. ↑ Federal Archives: Sports Awards (Silver Laurel): Award of the Silver Laurel Leaf Signature BArch B 122/29185
  4. ↑ Corsair: Honor roll. The first three places in the ranking and championships. ( Memento of December 4, 2000 in the Internet Archive ) on the pages of korsar.de (accessed March 19, 2009)
    Fireball: Hall of Fame, Europeans . ( Memento of May 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on the pages of www.fireball-international.com (accessed March 19, 2009)
  5. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Shark 24 world champions with participation from Saarland . Section 1.2 Well-known former Shark regatta sailors (p. 4). ) (PDF file; 324 kB) on the website of the Saarbrücken Yacht Club (YCSB) ( accessed March 24, 2009) Hamburger Abendblatt (No. 181) Hamburger Abendblatt , No. 222, print edition p. 25@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.ycsb.de

  6. ↑ a b Caroline Hackmann (September 23, 1978). Triumph for cousins ​​from Friedrichshafen. Batzill brothers world champions ahead of Diesch brothers. ( Memento from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Hamburger Abendblatt , No. 222, print edition p. 25
  7. ↑ Alba Batzill - Sailor Biography. under "Results" on the pages of sailing.org (accessed March 19, 2009)
  8. ↑ International Championships . on the website of the class association 6metre.ch (accessed March 19, 2009)
  9. ↑ World Cup 2007:
    EM 2008: Championnat d'Europe des 6mJI 2008. Classement Général MODERNE. ( Memento from September 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on www.6metre.ch ( pdf file; accessed March 19, 2009; 21 kB)
  10. ↑ no author information (September 7, 2001). Sean the Lucky Sheep brings Cedric Pouligny success in Torbole. ( Memento from March 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Melges24 association IMCA 24 (accessed March 19, 2009)
  11. ↑ no author details (June 7, 2004). Rachelli wins at Rimini in duel with Batzill. ( Memento of March 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Melges24 association IMCA 24 (accessed March 19, 2009)
  12. ^ Corinthian: 2005 Corum Melges 24 World Championship. Ocean Reef Club. Corinthian Overall Series. All Results are Final - Standings Revised 19 Dec 2005. ( Memento from 14 December 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on www.2005corumm24worlds.com (accessed 19 March 2009) 2005 Corum Melges 24 World Championship. Ocean Reef Club. Overall Results. All races are final. ( Memento of December 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on www.2005corumm24worlds.com (accessed March 19, 2009)
  13. ^ Melges 24 European Championship. (2005) ( Memento from December 30, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on the pages of suunto.com (accessed March 19, 2009)
  14. ↑ no author details (September 17, 2006). Farr 40 European Circuit's final and Melges 24 European Championship. First ever regatta of Farr 40 one-design class in Germany. ( Memento of October 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) at www.regattanews.com (accessed March 20, 2009)
  15. ^ North German Regatta Club : International Melges 24 Class. European Championship 2007. Corinthian Group. Final result. ( Memento from May 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on www.rolex-baltic-week.com (accessed March 19, 2009) North German Regatta Association. International Melges 24 Class. European Championship 2007. ( Memento from May 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on www.rolex-baltic-week.com (accessed March 19, 2009)
  16. ↑ Sailing - World and European Championships men (Olympic boat classes - Flying Dutchman) on sport-komplett.de
personal data
SURNAME Batzill, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Batzill, Alba
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German regatta sailor
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichshafen